September 6, 2012

MP3 FILE / 51 MINUTES / 49 MB
Questioning the parallel beliefs of quantum many-worlds supremo Everett; history of the Higgs with it's co-inventor Gerry Guralnik; quantum computing rewritten; & faster than light cosmology with Joao Magueijo.
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Individual Stories

Parallel Worlds, Parallel Beliefs

MP3 FILE / 17 MINUTES / 16 MB
Biographer Peter Byrne questions whether the father of quantum parallel universes, Hugh Everett III, really believed many worlds exist, as his original manuscripts become available online. (Extended interview.)
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The Ignominious History of the Higgs

MP3 FILE / 34 MINUTES / 33 MB
Gerald Guralnik, co-inventor of the theory behind the Higgs, recalls Heisenberg's mockery of the model & responds to the discovery of the boson. (Extended interview.)
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Discord in Quantum Computing

MP3 FILE / 12 MINUTES / 11 MB
Physicists find theoretical support for alternative explanation to the power behind quantum computation.
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Faster Than Light Cosmology

MP3 FILE / 13 MINUTES / 12 MB
Controversial model in which light broke its own speed limit in the early universe gets a boost from quantum gravity, string theory and loop quantum gravity models--and from rainbows.
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